Woking (away) match preview 11/01/2014

The Iron travel to Surrey this Saturday to take on Woking, who currently sit in eighteenth place. With fixtures up and down the country suffering from the recent poor weather, both clubs have been heavily effected with postponements, so will be glad to have a chance to get back into the action. Subsequently, both Braintree and Woking now have up to six games in hand over some of their competitors.

Braintree go into the weekend still looking to build upon their 2-0 win that came before the New Year against Tamworth, where they put in a dominant performance from start to finish. James Mulley and Ryan Peters struck at the Amlin stadium to see out the year in style, with Devonshire’s men left wanting for the opportunity to duplicate the performance since.

Woking will have had almost a fortnight between games by the time they return to the pitch on Saturday, with their last game being played on Boxing Day. Here the cards suffered a 3-1 loss at the hands of Salisbury, who ended a five match winless run after Jake Marriott put the home side ahead early on. Prior to this fixture, Garry Hill’s men had won three league fixtures in a row. They will now have to try and replicate this form without the help of Jake Marriott and Scott Rendell, who have completed their loan spells returning to Ipswich Town and Luton Town respectively.

The sides have locked horns already this season, which took place just a few days after the opening day on a Tuesday evening at the Amlin stadium. It was the Iron that took all three points in a 2-0 win, with both goals coming within three minutes. Braintree opened the scoring when Dan Holman connected with a Kenny Davis cross just six yards out. Sean Marks doubled the advantage by latching onto a ball played in by Matt Paine which sealed the victory for the Iron. Woking’s day got even worse as they were reduced to ten men when substitute Giuseppe Sole was dismissed for a rash challenge in injury time.

The ground is situated on the A247, opposite the entrance to Woking Park, midway between the town centre and Old Woking. Leave the M25 at either junctions 10 (Wisley) or 11 (Chertsey) and follow the signs towards Woking. When nearing the town center follow the brown signs showing Heathside car park. The ground is about 15 minutes' walk from the car park. Come out of the car park and follow the signs for Woking FC (the first route described below for rail travellers). Travelling supporters are requested to use Heathside car park as there are no parking areas around Kingfield Stadium.

Woking have advised that cars parking in Westfield Avenue have been issue with parking tickets. This also applies to cars parking on the grass verge near the ground. With recent games being postponed, we advise checking the club website before setting off on Saturday in case of any possible disruptions.